Activity and mortality among aged persons over an eight-year period.
The influence of level of activity examined with data from an eight-year (1976 to 1984) longitudinal study of 508 older Mexican Americans and Anglos. Over the study interval, 119 subjects were confirmed to have died. Activity was a significant predictor of mortality at the univariate level. However, when age, gender, education, marital status, ethnicity, and self-rated health were controlled for in the analysis, activity was not a significant predictor of mortality. The popular notion that an active life among elderly persons might lead to extended longevity was not supported by these data.
Lee
D J
DJ
Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston.
Markides
K S
KS
D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D008800:Mexico / Q000208:ethnology; D009026:Mortality; D012919:Social Behavior; D016019:Survival Analysis